BHOJPUR: An unidentified gang of people on ruthlessly slashed both breasts of a woman in Shadananda Municipality on Wednesday.

According to District Police Office, Bhojpur, a  group of masked men took the woman under control and slashed the breasts of the woman while she was washing her clothes in a nearby stream before fleeing the scene, aid DSP Nar Bahadur Salami.

The injured woman has been referred to BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences, Dharan after preliminary treatment at Dingla Hospital.